SPORTING


Meaning of SPORTING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈspȯr-tiŋ ]

adjective

Date: 1799

1.

a. : of, relating to, used, or suitable for sport ; especially : trained for trapping or retrieving game

sporting dogs

b. : marked by or calling for sportsmanship

c. : involving such risk as a sports contender may expect to take or encounter

a sporting chance

2. : of or relating to dissipation and especially gambling

3. : tending to mutate freely

• sport·ing·ly adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.